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BRUTAL FATHER
Whips His Daughter to Death
With a Whip.
T
THE BRUTE IN JAIL
So Severe Was the Beating Given h
the Girl by Her inhuman Father w
That Her Ski.11 Was Fractured by "
.. Ti
It, From the Effects of Which She
Died. L
A special dispatch from Lamar to
the Columbia Record says word
reached there on Tuesday afternoon c
that a young negro woman. daughter
6f Ellis Woods, who lives on the
place of Mrs. Board, near Carters
Ville, was dead under suspicious cir
cumstances.
Sheriff Blackwell. of Darlington
county, upon being notified appoint
ed Trial Justice J. W. Boykin to
act as coroner. Judge Boykin went
to the scene about 6 o'clock with a
erowd of others and a coroner's jury
was empaneled. d
Witnesses were examined and it C
developed that Ellis Woods had beat
his daughter, a girl of 18 years. un
til she died from the treatment.
Another daughter of Woods testi
fied that he had beaten the dead wo
man with a wagon whip. There were
cuts and bruises on her face and head u
and it appears that her skull was
fractured. 0
Woods claiins that his daughter T
was complaining of feeling sick and p
that she fell out of the door and s
killed herself.
The jury rendered a verdict to the
effect that the deceased came to her
death at the hands of her father.
Woods was carried to Lamar and
placed in jail for safe keeping.
DOWN ON THE DOGS.
C
Biting of Child in Greenville Causes t
Prompt Action.
A dispatch from Greenville says!'.
the unfortunate accident in which s
the child of Mr. Galloway was bit- C
ten by a dog supposed to have beer
affected with hydrophobia will cause }
the city authorities to take some
action immediately, requiring tha'
all persons owning dogs in the city C
of Greenville either confine them at
home or muzzle them securely in or
der to prevent a recurrence of this I
unfortunate affair in Greenville. c
"While it is a very nice thing to have s
pet dogs," a citize, said to a repre-|
sentative of The News and Courier,
"it must be rememberec that the life|
of one child is worth more than ev
ery dog in existance, and besides. the
terrible anxiety of parents in cases|
of this kind, the expense entailed in
fighting againbt that dreaded dis-|
ease is of small consideration. and *
there is no use to take the chi'nce
when it can be avoided by a littlel
forethought on the part of our city
authorities."
--LEAPS TO DEATH,
.Jumps From Window of Eye and
Ear infirmary.I
While a nurse was in an adjoining
- ward at four o'clock Tuesday morn-1
William Powers, thirty-five years
old, a patient in -the New York Eye
and Ear Infirmary, Second avenue
and Thirteenth street , gnawed th&
"restraining sheet" that kept h-im
strapped to,hi cot. and made his.
way- unseen to a window on the Sec- t
ond avenue side.Ii
Several patients saw the white
robbed figure open the window, climhb
to the sill and leap out into space. I
The .alarm was gi,ven and doctors. '2
nurses and orderlies ran to the s
street, where they found Powers ly- i
ing dead on the stone area. l
Powers, who was a laborer, liv- t r
ing at No. 1572 Third avenue, New It
York. was suffering from mastoid,! a
trouble.
FATAL GEORGIA QUARREL. l
It Occurred About a Man Visitinge a
Young Lady.
As a result of a bitter quarrel
Tuesday between Thomas Poole, a
well known Dodge county planter,
and' his neighbor. WV. A. Miller,- the
former was instantly killed. Poole
it is-said, had been paying attention
to a daughter of Milier and had been
requested to stay away from the
Aliller home. Poole persisted ,it is ,
said,- in paying court to the young }
woman and was taken to task by -(
-Miller. A fatal difficulty resulted.
in .which Poole was killed as above
stated.
CHASED AND) KILLED)
h
By a Buzzsaw That Broke From' .rE
-lts Fatstening.
Walter Terry. a woodsaw operator. ~
was pursued and cut down by a
woodsaw insecurely fastened that
broke away from a, wagon bed on
which it was mounted, at Ashland, re
Oreg. The saw was whirling at a R
high rate of speed and when it broke
from its fastening it ran at Terry, re
who fled. The saw overtok him and ki
ripped his back for a long distance M
and completely severed his right leg w
just below the knee. Terry was tak- M
en to the hospi~zl at Ashland, where
everything possible was done for
him, t it he died within 30 minutes,
Killed in Runaway.
While Frank H~enry and w ife, of
Menlo. Ga., were out driving Sun
day afternoon, tbhe horse became I
frightened near Mineral Spring~s and~
ran away, turning the burg'- ove
and injuring both. Mr. He{nry di ed
about 8:30 and his wife is in~ a se
rious condition. Mr. H~enry is of a
- prominent family of Chatrooga coun
An Expensive Notice- pa
Pat--"What he yer charge for a tar
funeral notice in ye? paper?" I a
Editor--"Fifty cents an inchb." h
Par--"Good heavens' Ar'n" m.'poor'e
GRAFT GALORE
)W TH.E PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
ROBUE.D OF MILLIONS.
ie A-.touixding Revelations Made
by Senator Beveridge About the
Stealing of the Tobacco Trust.
No r.-velation of the extra session
is been more startling than that
hieh Senator Beveridge made about
.e almost unbelievable graft of the
:>bacco trust for eight years. says
Lt Washington Tim'-s. That was a
tse of legislative partnership with
trust in a project to fleece the peo'
Somebody must have been
ixed." "Greased," "oiled." It is in
>uetivable that congress will plead
Iilty to such sublime innocence and
conipetence as would be testified
the explanation that nobody in
yngress saw what was being given
the Tobacco trust.
Here is what happened: When the
panizh war taxes were imposed. the
ternal revenue duty on tobacco
ent up. The law was so arranged
iat tobacco dealers were permitted
> sell underweight packages, de
cting enough from the weight to
ympensate them for the increast
the internal revenue tax. Thus a
tobacco pound' was considerably
.ss than a 16-ounce pound; but it
-as legal because of this legisla
on. The tax was thus carried down
> the consumer, and nobody partic
larly felt it.
But when the war and the need
f war taxes passed, what happened?
he additional tobacco tax was re
ealed. but the trust's privilege of
elling underwaight packages was
ot stopped. The trust was left col
,ting the war tax from the people.
ut pocketing it instead of turning
. into the Federal treasury.
By this process, in eight years. the
ust has got away with $184,000,
00 of the people's money. Thai
ioney ought either to have been left
2 the pockets of the tobacco users,
r else to have gone to the Federal
reasury. In fact, it went to tht
offers of the Tobacco trust.
It is manifest that to repeal thi
ar tax, but to forget'to repeal tht
hortweight privilege must have beer
ifficult and complicated. Somi
killed person or persons must hav
teered that thing through congrest
ith consummate cleverness. WhC
.id it? Was he an "inside worker'
,r an "outside man?" If'he was ar
sider, his identity ought to b(
:nown. so that he can be duly de
eated next election by a betrayed
onstituency. If he be merely
mart lobbyist, he should a' least b4
uestioned about tble meth,. s b;
chich he induged committees an(
eaders and organizations to permi
.uch a tremendous steal.
Senator Beveridge has gone abou
his business in a fashion which idi
ates purpose to stick by it till th<
ihole inwardness of this strang<
ransaction is bared.- The presen:
;25.000,000-a-year largess of the To
acco trust should first be taker
.way: then the process by which con
:ress was either befooled or corrupt
.d should be investigated.
It is a wondrous interesting cir
:umstance that the trusts whici
eem most influential with congres!
re those which most often apper
n the criminal courts as defendants
'he Sugar trust has seldom bgeen oun
f the criminal courts in the las
wo decades-, on one charge or anoth
r or defrauding the government
ts reward is the privilege of takins
660,000,000 in twelve years fron
he people..
WVhy should such a special Aivi
ge be freely given to a crr'inal of
he most fixed and persistent crim
aal habits?
The American Tobacco Company I:
tow defendant in a great casq
rought by the government under the
nti-trust laws, charging it with con
piracy in restrain of trade. That
:is actually, if not techinally guilty,
Sthe common knowledge. Does it
ot seem strange that it, too. should
e able to have conferred upon it
special delegation of the taxing
ower?
Does congress have any particu
ir preference for the great crimi
ais? Its distribution of its favors
~es to suggest something of the
ind.
PITCHED BATTLE AT CHURCH.
be Moseley Stabs John Allen at
White Pond.
There was Quite an exciting tim.
Enong the negroes at their church
WXhtt. Pond in Aiken county on
nday. Pistol balls flying in every
rection, women and child.'en
reaming and failing between bench
to shun the balls, all resulted fromu
oqvarrel between Abe Moseley add
hn Allen, :he former stabbing the
tter in the back with his knife.
using a fatal woond. Sheriff Ra
in was soon upon the scene, ar
sting negroes for carrying conceal
weapons, but did not get Moseley.
he ran to a nearby swamp, and
s not been captured yet.
Reue to Open Case.
The Supreme Court has refused to
open the case of the State against
A'. Adam;, thus finally disposing
one of the remarkable criminal
cords of Coileton county. Adams
led Henry JacQues abou-t five years
a, and after considerable trouble
is caught, tried for murder and
nt to the penitentiary for life.
Kills Man and Mule.
A bolt of lightning killed Jim
rd. a negro plough hand, on the
intation of Mr. J1. A. Clinksteales,
th of Anderson. and the line mule
was working. Same Clink?('ab:s.
Syoung son of Mr. Clinkscales.
1 was ploughing two hundlred
ds away. was knockted down and
Ily stunned. and his mu'le was also
ock-d down by the~ bot.
Vierim of Lightniin;g.
tiliam Camp. a farmer. w'as k'
by lightning at his homer on \Norh
:let River. 19 miles from Spa
hurg Tuesday afternoon. WXI
- Shimons and his fanilyv of five
dron in tho same section were
rily shoekod by a boil' 'hats
WRECK FOUND
Of A British Warship Missing
Eight Years in
THE PACIFIC OCEAN
The Condor, With a Crew of One
Hundred and Forty Men, Sailed
From Esquimalt and Has Never
Been Heard From Since Sailing
Until Found a Short Time Ago.
The wre-ck of the British sloop of
war Condor, whose fate and that of
,he 140 officers and men forming
her company have been one of the
mysteries of the sea since Decem
ber 3. 1901, has been located, sub
nerged in comparatively shallow wa
,r, about one and a half miles off
,hore at Long Beach, mid-way b
-ween the southern entrance to Berk
eley Sound and the settlement of
Calyoquot. on the west coast of Van
couver Iland. The wreckage is
.tbout fourteen miles distant from
,he village of Clayoquot and seeming
.y rests upon an uncharted reef, of
vhich there are many in the vicini
:y of Long Beach and Wreck Bay,
which adjoins it.
The news of the discovery of the
long missing sloop of war was
:)rought from the coast by Bonney
castle Dale. an English naturalist
and journalist, who has communi
..ated his discovery to the British
Admiralty. He regards the evidence
of identity as incontrovertible, and
it is extected that immediate inves
tigations will be made by the admi
rality upon his report. The principai
obstacle in the way of salvage oper
ations is believed to be the prevail
ing heavy swell-met within this lo
cality in the calmest weather.
A surface wave beyond the line of
he barrier reef that fronts the bay
marks the spot where the vessel is
supposed to lie. A few weeks ago a
spar stamped with the admirality
mark, with nitches patched with cop
per in naval style, after being vis
ible four days. floating attached to
the wreck beneath, drifted ashore.
Upon the same beach some time ago
there drifted a jib boom spar stamp
ed "Condor," a' life buoy similarly
marked and several signal rocket
cases marked with the name of the
ill;starred vessel, mute testimony of
the whereabouts of the long missing
sloop.
About a mile and a half out from
Long Beach the surface ripples over
the ship that is supposed to be the
opulchre of one hundred and forty
officers and. men of His Majesty's
navy. At high tide it is hardly visi
IbIle but at extreme low tide the sea
-boils abont ''.he obstruction. Half
tdozen residents of the west coast
v'ho have gone out to the spot in
smooth water ands-at low tide declar
ed that the hulk of the submerged
1 ship is plainly visible..
On the morning of' December 3,
1901, the sloop of war Condor, in
~ompany with H. M. S. Warship, left
- sqiuimalt, the former never to re
turn. The Condor was bound for
qonolulu and Tahiti heavily laden
with coal for a lo-ng cruise and carry
:ng a large consignment of mails for
the British inhabitants in the isolat
-d South Sea Island.
In the straits a strong southeast
gale prevailed and the war ships
9arted company, the Warspite con
inuing on- her way south and the
condor starting to carry Out gun
:>ractice at the entrance to the straits
prior to making for Honolulu.
Whether this gun practice was car
-ied ou: has never been ascertained.
)utside the straits that fateful night
iterrified storm was raging, which
:ompelled every vessel in the region
o fight for life, and in this storm
.he Condor was seen for a brief
noment, laboring heavily and flying
;ignals of distress, by Captain James
Boyd, now of the Bank line steamer
Aymeric, and then in command of
*he south bound lumber ship Spring
dank.
Naturally the name of the strug-.
:ling waship was not made out, but
:here was no doubt of her identity
*n the minds of Captain Boyd and
31s officers. They did not go to
.he supposedly disabled gun boat's
tssistance. Indeed, they' gave her
scant thought or attendion at the
time, as they were having all they
-ould .do to save their own ship and
-heir lives. This was the last seen
>f the Condor or any of her com
any. The Condor never reached
iiono!nlu and gradually her name
->assed into history as identified with
meI more of the~tragic mysteries of
The sea.
Toward the end of that December
i. stern sqiff and iifebuoy with the
name "H. M. Condor' on were
)icked up in the neighborhood of
Wreck Bay. Theories are numerous
is to the fate of the vessel and the
40 lives she carried.
The saume night was responsible
ert anotwer mystery of the North
Pacific. The collier Mattewan left
Nanainmo for San Francisco on De
:embher 2 and never 'reached her
nort. Some helieve she foundered.
some say. she crashed into the Con
deor and both vessels were sunk.
The Condor was of similar type to
he Algerine and the Shearwater,
iow at Esquimnalt Station. She had
a~ very lo w free board, and the the-I
ory has been advanced that she ship
sed a tremendous sea, and before
'it had time to run through, the scup
:aers were struck hy another, which
'aused her to founder. Another fa
cored theory is that her coal cargo
~hifted in the gale, and that she
urne'd turt.'. An investigation of
the wrack beneath the waves off Long
Beac'h may throw light on the mys-I
""riTs ha'ppening and will do ubtles
iiselos" the hodios' '.r mnany or t11e
Miiejacke'~ts po'nned honoath decks.
wh,:n the ships wvent to -heir doom.
F
The Gentleman of the C'ourt Room.
"Ar\ e you the defendant?" asked
a man in the cfourt room, speaking to
an2 Old n,.gr'o.
"No. io-s.' was the reply. "T ain't r
lone nothin' to be called names like e
dat. I'se got a lawyer here -he does r'
the defen'irng."'t
"Then who are you?"
A SOLID SOUTH
k Paper On the Subject by Mi
John W. TomIlnson
HITS THE MARK
Should and Will the South Remai
Solid is His Text-How Are W4
to Be Helped by Division?-Wha
Are the Democratic Principles In
volved?
in the current issue of the Nationa
Aonthly Mr. John W. Tomlinson, o
Alabama, discusses the Solid Sout]
in the following article:
This question was agitated by th
Republicans during the recent Presi
dential campaign. They played it a
a long shot with the hope of possi
oly winning one or two of the Soutb
ern States. Local conditions wer
expected to help. Mr. Taft swun
through the South. A few over-al:
prehensive Democrats urged th
Democratic National Committee t
have Mr. Bryan do likewise. Thi
was deemed entirely unnecessar3
The result showed the committe
was right. The South remained, an
will continue, solid in its adherenc
to Democracy.
And yet the echo of this questio
still sounds in some quarters in th
South. Newspapers discuss it as it
teresting speculation for the entei
tainmeut of readers. A few tak
the affirmative, possibly hoping t
curry favor with the powers that bi
Still a few others conscientiousl
think that it would be for the South
best interest to be divided politica
ly. All these fepresent a very sma
minority. The Southerner is a Den
ocrat only to maintain white supe:
macy. The negro question is i
longer a menace. It has been solve
by the South itself. Its solution ha
demonstrated the necessity and va
ue of that Democratic foundatic
principle, local self-government, i
is being show'n now in the Pacif
Slope States in the matter of ti
Japanese and the :schools.
Those who contend that the soli
South should be broken suggests th;
such is the only method by whic
the South can get into the game <
Federal government. They seem i
think the country is hopelessly R
pt:blican and the only way out i
the dilemma is to join the Repub]
can party. We believe that Dem,
cratic principles will ultimately tr
umph in the nation; that the contes
ed States in the North and West ai
Democratic; that influences are use
however, in those States to thwa
the will of the people; that - tl
enormous corruption funds that ai
used in each presidential 'year do th
that in the South no amount of me:
ey can tbuy an election; that tI
South stands today as a bulwat
against such methods; that the tin
will come when such methods wi
not be tolerated anywhere; that
party that is against the publici!
pf campaign committees wi.ll n<
be allowed to collect or use any mo:
money than is necessary for payir
the legitimate expenses of the call
paign.
It is furthermore urged that c
account of its sonldity for Dem
cracy the South is not given propi
recognition in the Democratic N
tional conventions or in Democrat
couincils. This is untrue. The Soul
is entitled to and does get prop<
recognition. A Sootherner was tU
ehairman of our last Democratic N:
tional convention; an Alabamian we
chairman of a sub-committee of ti
national committee having in chari
the work of organization -during ti:
campaign; a North Carolinian wi
chairman of the press bureau of ti
Democratic National Commiittet
another Southerner was chairman<
one of the most important commi
tees at our eastern headquarters; ot
Southern Senators, RepresentativE
and prominent Democrats took
most important part as speakersi
the contested States.
It is urged -that the Democrats c
the South show cowardice in adhei
ing to their party. This is not ture
If there is any cowardice displayec
it is on the part of those who ar
really at heart !Republicans, bu
have not the courage of their cot
victions. They should join and affi
liate with the party in whose prin
ciples they believe. They should nc
remain in the Democratic party
seeking at all time and on all o
easions to undermine and overthros
that party. If two parties in 'th
South divided on matters of princi
ple, all right. But to suggest th
splitting up of the South in orde
to get into the game, or for an;
other matters of expediency, is un
worthy of consideration.
How is the South to be helpe<
by division? What Democratic prin
::iple or policy is, detrimental? W4
ire told we must progress, yet wher
Democratic principles are applied t<
he solution oT present problems we
ire warned to get back to old fash
oned Democracy. On the othet
iand, when a protest is made against
Republican measures striking at the
oundation of our form of govern.
nent. we are charged, with being
>bstructionists. In the meantime,
he gratuitous advice comes from the
ame sources to split up the solid
south in order. forsooth, that some
uture Southern Republican may be.
ome a cabinet officer under a Re
Eublican administration! Such is the
ogic of Mr. Julian Harris and oth
rs who have written recently on
his subject.
President Taft's proposed policy
owards the South. as outlined in
is recent utterances on thes sub
r-et will have little' h.'aring upon the
nestion. His policy toward Dem
crats who are untrue to their party
.11! not, in my opinion. tend to
trengthen the cause of his party in
he South The only way for the
:epublicans to iuild up their party
1 the South. in my opinion, is to
mnvince D'emocrat that Republa
in policies are the best. Then, for
ich as are convinced, to join the
epublican party holdly and advo
ite its principles and receive -Its
'wards. Democrats are not going
>he split up by the undermining
recess of rewarding those who
MORE DAYLIGHT
THE 31OST VALUABLE THING IN
At
THE WHOLE WORLD.
Why Not Have Two Hours More of
It When It Does Not Cost You 0
One Cent?
If, on May 1st of each year, the H4
standard of time throughout the
United S-.ates was advanced two
hours, so that what is now five
o'clock become seven o'clock etc.,
and changed back to our present
standard on October 1st, it would add
- gretaly to the health, comfort and
pleasure of all, through the sum
L mer, without necessitating any
change as to daily habits, or create
any more confusion than if a West
cra men went to some point East,
having a :ime one or two hours fast
er than *hat to which he was ac- at
customed, but would give two hours
additiona' light for recreation and
health-giving, and the use of two of it
the coolest and best hours of the
day for labor. Americans, in this
manner, would obtain what those
a in England greately enjoy today,|
6 namely, :wo additional hours of
light.
This would leave the same number
of hours for business and sleep as
now, and would give two better hours h
for the day's work, and two addit
ional hours of daylight to the even
ing hours, which today are too short
to be of much benefit to those liv
ing any considerable distance from e
e their place of business, and. as the a
hours after business are the only f
portion of the week-day devoted to b
pleasure and exercise, the lengthen
ing of same would be appreciated by n
all.
Nothing is more conducive to
health than outdoor exercise, such t
as ball, tennis, goif, boating, bath
0 ing, gardening, etc., so why not read
d just the hours devoted to business,
S sleep, and pleasure to the benefit of
- all?
I Thousands of families would, un- t
s der tfiese circumstances, move into
e the country or suburbs, who are now
e held back by the fact that the men
at the present time could not reach b
d their homes until too late to get
Lt much benefit from a move of this
h kind.
if As elderly persons and children e
o are given to early rising, the break
fast hour will become more regu- S
)f lar, and many annoyances of today a
i- will be avoided- and, during the t
)- heated term, it should prove of b
i- special benefit to the school child
t- ren. U
.e As a rule, nearly every proposed i
i, rule, law, or custom works a positive s
t injury or hardship to many who i
le club together and bring about much t
-e opposition; it delays and discourages d
is those interested in its passage, but, n
i- in this case, as no property is de
e stroyed or depreciated, no one can
k be interested in opposing it, and it
.e is one of the few changes that coulde
11 be made to benefit all citizens ofe
a each and every state in exactly the a
.y same proportion, and not call for
>t the expenditure of money by the gov- ~
-e ernent, State or people. Railroads i
g would not be compelled to -changef
i- their time-tables, as all trains would a
leave in future at the same~hour ast
n today. Local travel would'be great- a
~- ly increased, additional money put n
~r in circulation by the purchase of i:
t- such things as are used for pleasure
c and recreation, and additional value g
h would be given to what already ex- e
~r ists in the way of parks, play r
.e grounds, gardens, resorts, boating i
L- and bathing facilities, tennis courts. t
? automobiles, carriages bicycles, etc., t
*e etc. -s
e In England, though they enjoy in
a summer time the benefits to be de- 3
*s rived from a movement of this kind, f
e they are endeavoring to establish at
custom to more closely follow the h~
movements of the sun, which would S
enable them to gain millions-of dol- f
r 'lars paid out each year for artificial n
s right. This change is being opposed. g
a however, by every gas and electric 4
n light company, and their stockhold- h
ers in every village and hamlet c
Sthroughout the kingdom. so that the t
proposed movement in America I'
should not be confused with that
being agitated in England, and 0
e should be accomplished at a compar-!t
tatively early date, from the very fact
- that is injiures none and would be
- 'of great benefit to millionis. ci
- To be beneficial and not confusing, 0
t is is necessary' that the law or cus
tonm become universal throughout
- the United States. It has no politicai u
significance, so all should lend their a;
aid to the movement. Talk it up. i I
- See that your friends thoroughly un- t
Sderstand it. Remember that mil
'lions in England, for centuries, have a;
rbeen accustomed to exactly these 01
-j same hours and its benefits. If you a
do not need these additional hours t
Efor .recretonr on yourself, aid in u.
- obtaining itfrthose who do. p
MULE KILLED BY LIGHTNING. st
Two Colored Men Driving it Had
Narrow Escape. IX
The Columbia Record says a mule or
belonging to Wilson Herbert. color- S
ed, was killed on Sunday afternoon rh
by lightning in the road near Mrs. $
E. S. Herbert's farm, in Mendenhall re
township. The mule was being driv- w<
en along the road by Wilson Her- in
bert's son. John Henry. and Hiram ma
Nelson. There came a blinding flash ha~
and a terrific report, and the mule foi
fell dead. Herbert was rendered un- d11
c'onsc(iouls for a good while. Nelson So
was thrown about ten feet out of the .('<
buiggy. The~ mule was a valuiable 311
one'. In th'e same section of the
county, only a ile away, a ('ow be
ong ing to .Jake. Kinard. colored, was ha<
str'uck by~ lightnine and killedi inpr
Mr.I oulware's pasture.or
No W'itniesses. inc
"Y ou are charged with stealing on
niie of Colonel Hen ry's hens lastha
night. Have you any witnesses?" Ani
akd the juIstice sternly. ma
"Nssah" said Brother JIones och
humbly. "T s'peeks I's sawtah Pe- the
cia r dar-ituh-way', hut it ain't never
h'oen miah custom to take witnesses rec,
along when I goes out chicken steal-: Gr'
SomnEtimes a "pirited" thought te
PLAIN FACTS
lout the Tariff bill Told by
Senator Smith
N FLOOR OF SENATE
Skoldly Declares That the Whole
Tendenct of the Present Legisla
tion is to Give the Manufacturer
Undue Advantage Over the Pro
ducer and the Consumer.
Denouncing the pending tariff bill
giving the manufacturer an undue
tvantage over the American farmer
id working man, Senator Smith,
South Carolina, unequivocally ex
essed his faith in a free trade poli
in an extended steech while the
tton schedule was under consider
ion in the Senate on Tuesday. The
llowing write-up of the speech was
irnished The News and Courier by
s Washington correspondent:
"Tne whole tendency of this leg
lation has been to cheapen the raw
aterial and raise the price of the
aished article," said Mr. Smith,
Lhereby giving to the protected
anufacturer -a double advantage,
*sening the price of what he has
buy and raising the price of what
e has to sell.
"I am not pleading for, nor shall
vote for, protection for th6 raw
Laterial. I believe a thing is worth
hat it will bring in the open mark
:s of the.world. What I shall vote
gainst is the iniquitous and inde
msible system of legislating a profit
y artificial methods. I believe that
merican skill and the wonderful
iechanical devices operated by
team, water and electricity, our
earness to the source of supply for
ie raw material maxes it possible
yr us to compete with the nations of
ae world."
Senator Smith said it was also
itely idle to talk about the protec
ye tariff being a benefit to the cot
>n and grain growers of America.
fisupport of his position, Mr. Smith
uoted, though not by name, a "lead
ig manufactarer of the South," who,
e said, had told him that he be
eved it was right and just that the
rotective feature of the tariff on
otton goods should be entirely wip
d out. The protection of the Gov
rnment, assertc'd Mr. Smith, giving
uch a margin of profit, has invited
nd brought into the cotton manufac
uring business "a lot of financial
uccaneers and plungers -^.. oy the
iarvelous profits that c- be 'fig
red, possibly on'paper, put on foot
mipossible schemes, which have re
ulted disasterouly to the milling
adustry of the country." He said
hat what is true of the cotton In
ustry is largely true of every other
2anufacturing industry.
"The monstrous injustice of this
ill is made in two particulars," con
inued Mr. Smith. "This bill de
lares that it is for the purpose of
ncouraging American industries
nd guaranteeing to them a reason
ble profit, while on the other hand,
a sharp contrast with it in the bill,
incorporated a tax on the very
ertilizing element upon which the
gricultural laborer is dependent for
he en'hichment of his soil. This
mmonia, or this nitrogenous ele
aent that is so costly and so essential
a the production of this crop, must
e taxed because of a few coke and
as companies, who, already protect
d and making their, millions, can
ot be denied the privilege of mak
ag other millions Out of that which
be Government ought to see that
he farmer gets at the lowest pos
ible price."
During the course of his speech
Ir. Smith read some interesting
gures to bear out his contention
bat the protective~'tariff worked a
ardship upon the people of the
outh, wrhog had to pay most severely
>r the prosperity enjoyed by the
anufacturers. The eleven cotton
rowing States last year produced
716.352,2(5 worth of raw cotton,
e said, and $90,000,000 worth of
>tton seed. This cotton they had
put upon the market at a price
mzed by Liverpool. That price was
xed in Liverpool upon the basis
the cost of labor in Europe and
ie price at which they sold the
aished produets
"Therefore the whole- American
>tton crop is sold upon the basis
free trade," said Senator Smith
so that, in the cotton growing
:ates, according to the census fig
res of 1900, there are engaged in
tricultural pursuits 4,000,000 peo
e, and their average earnings for
e year .are $133.
"Taking the outcome duties on
ticles imported, such as are used
the farms, there are consumed
>out $66.3~>7.000 worth. Taking'
e consumption of domestic man
actu red goods, the proportionate
Lrt of the South is $2.885,000,000.
ie indirect tax paid on this con-.
miption, dute to protection, is
5F5.000.000. Now this, for the-en
-e South. regardless of the work
gaged in. Dividing this by' the
lpulation of the South, the taxation
r capita due to these duties paid
domestic and foreign articles is
1 in round numbers. Deducting
is $61 from the $133 there is lef:t
2, representing the actual value
leived by the laborer for his year's
m'k. He could purchase for $71
Europe, where the price of the1
sv material is fixed, what he would
ve to pay $133 for here, There
-e,. out 'of the ss00,000,000 pro
ccod by the cotton growers of the
or h. practicallyv $400,f.fl.00 of it
as into the coffers of the protected
Mr. Simit h- said it was not only
Sthat the Southern cotton firmer
to p.ay about $6 a ton more toC
>duc- his 'olin f or' fertilizer in
"r to give a little additional profitd
an already prosperous protrwLdi
nistry-. hmt he mist also pay a duty I'
his bagging and ties in order to g
Id tip a lagging industry on
eriean soil, where no rawv jute s
terial was produced, and on the V
er hand to add to the profits on e
great Steel Trust.
Jr. Smith cited the fact that then
uat election of L. W. Parker, of 0
ecnvilia. S. C.. at Richmond last ti
k to be the head of the Manufac-- S
r'Association on an anti-pro- h
ive platform for manufactured a
CAN'T AGREE
LND WILL ARBITRATE THEIR 'K
DIFFERENCES.
rhe Georgia Railroad and the White j
Firemen Will Soon Settle Their
Trouble.
Unable to agree on terms of a
settlement, says a dispatch from At
anta, the officials of the Georgia
Railroad and of the Brotherhood of
Firemen have invoked~ arbitration
under the Erdman law. It was near
y 7 o'clock Monday night when
Commissioner of Labor Neill and
Chairman Knapp, of the Inter-State
commerce commission, reluctantly
gave up the battle to bring the war
ring elements together.
Commissioner Neill notified both
parties to the dispute to select an
arbitrator within five days. These
cwo men will select a third. TIe
Erdman Act provides that should the
two arbitrators be unable to agree
upon the third member of the com
mission, he will be named by Knapp
and Neill. The decision of the arbi
trators is made binding upon both
parties by law.
As expected the disagreement
came over the retention of negroes.
The firemen first demanded the dis
missal of all negroes. This was re
fused flatly by the railroad. After
considerable labor on the part of
Messrs. Neill and Knapp, the fire
men submitted another proposition.
They agreed that those negroes now
employed or who were employed pri
or to April 10. should be retained
on their present footing. Recent
promotions of negroes had been can
celled before the men returned to
work.
They demanded that all white fire
men should have seniority over' all
negroes. That is, if a white fireman
was employed today, he would rank
ahead of all negroes no matter how
long they -were in the service, when
it came to promotion to better runs.
In addition, they asked that at no
time should the total number of ne
groes employed exceed 25 per ceit
of the white firemen on the compa
ny's pay-roll. If at ;any time the
number of negro employees dropped
below 25 per cent no more were to
be employed. It is said that the
Georgia Railroad might have con
sented to this were it not for the op
position of the terminal company.
When it was seen that agreement
was impossible the Federal officials
gave up the fight and ordered that
the dispute go to arbitration. When
the men returned to Vrork Saturday
afternoon the road agreed that the
status of April 1 should be restored.
It was upon that date that the
trouble began. The company had
then promoted several negroes to
good runs and removed white fire
men- to make room for them. Al
retZdy the company has restored the
white firemen to the runs they held
or April 10. All other disputed
l.oints. and demands were conceded
except the seniority of white men and
the limitation as to the number of
ne'gioes employed.
Th~e white firemen claim that 'ne
gro firemen are not held to a strict
enforcement of the rules as are the
the whites, and they Intimate~ that
the policy of the road seemed to be
'to discharge whites at every oppor
tunity and replace them with blacks,
who get less wages. General Man
a-ger Scott denies this and declares
his willingness to agree to a strict
enforcement of all rules against the
negroes.
BILL PASSED FOR BABIES.
pegislature Goes on Record as Fav
oring Them.
Discrimination against babies by
cold-blooded landlords was stopped
at Chicago., Ill., when the Illinois
legislature passed a bill, this week,
providing that no lease for a fiat
or apartment shall contain a clause
prohibiting children from living
in flats or apartments. Gov. Deneen
says he will sign the bill.
.Women, as well as~babies, come
in for protection from the legisla
ture, which has passed the "10
hour law," a bill providing that wo
men and children shall not be re
quired to labor more than 10 hours
in 24. This bill is a blow aimed
by organized labor at the sweat-s
hops.
Cyclone Passes Denmak.
A small cyclone passed about one
mile northwest of Denmark about
6 o'clock Thursday evening, wrecking
the home and stables of Mr. Asa
Baxter and a tenant house of Mr.
J. W. Baxter. Mr. Asa Baxter's eld
est daughter was slightly infured.
No one killed.
Shooting at Union.
At Union Tuesday Muinroe Ward
fired two balls into H. R. Miller, the
balls entering the left side, one near
the heart, and the other slightly
towards lower down. The physic
lans are unable to say just how se
rious the wounds are, but from their
location of the balls, little hope of
its recovery is entertained.
Literally True.
"What have you got in the shape
f cucumbers this morning''" as-ked
he customer of the new grocer.
"Nothing but banannas, ma'em," jE
w'as the reply.
For stealing one kiss,
Man oft remains
For the rest of his life
In Cupid's chains.
It takes more than a sinecure to
uire most people of their sins.
ury, was the best possible evidenceK
hat the cotton manufacturers of the,
ountry wanted no such duty on their.
oods.
Whr-n Mr. Smith concluided his
pe.ech she' received the congratula- a
ons of practically a!! of the Demo
ratic mcembers of the Senate. who
~suured himi that what he said was
or o:dy very in'eresting. but would
of great benleft to the tariff ques
on generally. Several Republican
anators also came across the cham- pi
'r and congratulated Senator Smith. a
niong whom were Beveridge, Nelcon ofc
GRAVE INJUSTICE
'0 THE SOUTH POINTED OUT BY
MR. N. L. WILLET.
low the Cotton Farmer is Injured
by the Cotton Crop Estimates of
the Government.
The Agricultural Department at
Vashington in sending out cotton
'rop estimates, always uses the term
Cotton Bales." 'A foot note, how
ver, always states that a certain
tumber of these supposed "Cotton
3ales are "Linters." In a letter to
he Augusta Chronicle Mr. N. L.
Villet says:
The South has Aong lontended
hat Linters are not -cotton bales;
hat the agricultural department is
riolating its own rule, under the
>ure food law, in putting an untrue
abel on an article; that the present
method presents figures that are fic
.itious and which give us larger
imounts of cotton bales tlian are
actually made; that this fact bears
,he cotton market; that such over
estimation injures the South.
Linters at one time were much
superior to what they are now, ow
ing to tfe fact that the cotton seed
oil mills - did not cut the lint off so
closely as they do at the present
time. Early in the history o'f de
linting most linters showed a very
fair staple, and could be spun Into
a very fair grade of yarns, the price
usually ranging about 1-2 to 2-3 of
the price of New York middling this
makin the linters' price, according
to color and length of staple; to be
from 4 to 7 1-2 per pound.
At the present time, however,
very few spindle linters are to be
found; the .quantity indeed -has be
coie so insignificant that most of
the linter spinners have gone for
materials to other stocks, not bp
ing able to get a sufficient quantity
of high grade linters. Besides this
spinning, lint'ers have ~always been
used, more or less in the manufac
ture 6f . cotton batting, comforters,
and felts for mattresses. They would
be used nore largely for this pur.
pose, if they were graded better.
The staple is now so short, however.
and the zolor so dark, that they are
being discarded largely even for
these purposes. And where they are
used in the better grades of mat
tresses and batting, the manufactur
ers are compelled to bleach them ;5"
order. to get the necessary, colo;
which process, of course, whitens
them, but has a tendency to destroy
the elasticity, and also to weaken
the fibre.
Taking afl these things into con
sideration, and'the larger amount "f
lint produced by the present pro
cess as compared with the processes
used a few years ago, and .the very
large amount of seed that is being
used by the oil mills at the present
time, the price of linters has been
largely reduced;. prices 'now range
(rom. 1-2c per lb. to 2 1-2c at the
outside. A fair average linter, suit-.
able for carding and felts could be
bought today freely at* 1 1-2c .per
lb.
The presents linter machine with
a few minor changes is' of the same*
construction now -as it 1w3s several
years ago .when lint brought high
prices. More lint per ton of se,
is now secured, because the seed to
day are linted more closely. The
process is simply to keep the linter
saws sharper, and to run the linter
faster. Dudd -saws and slow run
ning make high grade linters. But
someone found out that by running
the machines faster, and by keep
ing the saws sharper, they could
get 50 to 60 lbs. of lint off every
ton of seed instead of the old time
15 to 25 lbs. of lint. 'This new pro
cess became generally known, and
now today, it is almost universally
practiced. The result has been that
the price of lint has d gadually 'de
clined, because the product is be
coming Inferior e'ach season, and the
amount produced annually greater.
A few mills today lint seed twice
first run produces a better staple;
the second run means anything that
the linter pilla off the seed and the
result means anywhere -from 1-2 to
1 1-2c per lb. lint.
A fair defidition of a cotton'hale,
might be as follows: Baled spinable
cotton lint, as cut or pulled from a
saw or roller gin, with staple three
fourths to two Inches in length, and
fetching from 8 to 40c a lb.
It does seem from the above that
agricultural department at Washing
otn could not justly and -truthfully
label the degraded linters of today
as being .cotton bales.
We are annually making-now some
400,000 bales of linters. To class.
this degraded. and largely unusable
and valuless product or waste when
pressed, as a cotton bale, Is not only
antrile,- but is is an untruth that Is
manifestly most unjust and unfair
to the South. Will not the agricul
~ural department do JustIce to the
'Cotton Bp~le?"
EOUNG LADY'S HORRIBLE FATE.
Burned to Deata Tr-yivg to Kindle
Fire With Oil.
News of a most distressing ac.
:ident near Kings Mountain Tuesday
'cached Gastonia, when the informa
ion came that Miss Julia Ware, a
Laughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Vare, and a sister of Mr. 3. White
Vare, of Gastonia, died Tuesday
vening at 8 o'clock as the result of
urns sustained Tuesday morning
arly. The accident occurred at the
onme of Mr. and Mrs. Ware in the
1 Bethel neighborhood and was wit
essed only by the 'unfortunate
oung lady's mother who, in her
rantic efforts to save her daughter,
erself sustained very painful though
ot necessarily very serious burns.
Timely Reinforcements.
A boy rushed to a policeman and
lid: "Say. there's a man around
aere what's been fighting my with
ty father for almost an hour!"
"Why didn't you call me before?"
'ked the policeman.
"Well." said the kid. "paw was
attin' the best of it up to a few
inutes ago."
Buried Under Gravel.
As a result of a cave-in of a gravel
t at Olive Branch. Miss., a few days
o0. five. negroes were killed. Tons
rev'el fell on them, crushing